WRITTEN IN THE STARS // jdb (on hold)

chapter 4: GRADUATION

song: run away with me-carly rae jepsen

KEILA~

It was Thursay morning, May 29th, aka graduation day. The day we had all been waiting for since we stepped foot into high school.

Graduation sounds great and fun until the day actually arrives and you realize your entire life is about to change. Pretty much everyone you had grown up with since you were little was going away to college, all in different states around the country.

Graduation meant the transition to adulthood, aka the land of endless responsibilities.

I hadn't seen Justin since Sunday, but we had texted here and there. We told each other we would focus on finals and graduation before we saw each other again.

I was still confused on my feelings towards him. I couldn't tell if I actually had real feelings toward him or just wanted a person to be around. Either way, I don't think I'll stop hanging out with him or talking to him because in all honesty, he is very good company.

I knew I wasn't in the best place emotionally right now, and I knew that, but being around Justin made me forget about all of my problems. I don't know if that's just his personality, or maybe there is something there between us.

I guess only time will tell.

My door burst open, interrupting my thoughts, revealing my best friend Desi holding our turquoise robes in her hand.

"It's time!" She squealed, handing me one of the robes for me to put over my white off-the-shoulder dress.

I smiled, taking it out of the plastic that was over it in order to keep it clean and slipped it over my dress.

"Here goes nothing," I mumbled, grabbing her hand as we walked down the stairs together. We were greeted by Kai and my dad who were waiting at the door for us.

"You both look beautiful! You're almost high school graduates!" My dad smiled big.

I smiled. "Thanks dad," I replied, walking out to the car.

"Are you excited or what?" Kai asked me, running up to my side and grabbing my shoulders excitedly.

I shrugged. "I guess so," I mumbled.

"Seriously? You guess so? You finally get to start your real life! You finally get to be your own person! This is great, Kei!" He said enthusiastically.

I hummed in response and got into the backseat of my dad's Mercedes ML 250. Desi and Kai were excitedly going on about how great graduation would be and how fun college is.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that Desi would be going to University of Washington in the fall, meaning it would be me here all alone, since I would be taking a year off before going to college to get my life together (which was my excuse to stay home and spend time with my mom).

After a short ten minute drive to school, we walked towards the football stadium where graduation would be held. Desi and I separated from my family and searched for our seats that were on the field, while the parents and guests were in the stadium seats.

We finally took our places and sat down, waiting for the actual ceremony to begin.

I looked around at all of my classmates that I had spent my last four years of high school with. Most of those people, I had been friends with at one point, whether it was freshman year or when I was 10. I was only ever close with few of them. Most people see me as stand off-ish, but I guess they just don't get me. Still, t was weird to think that I would probably never see half of these people ever again after summer. Everything would be changing. Everyone would be starting their life in new places, getting a fresh start. The more I thought about it the more it appealed to me.